Card of the Week Contest: Round 2

Welcome to the second CotW competition. As I'm sure is obvious, this week is going to be a holiday contest. What I'm asking of you this week is to create a card using the following as a guide:
- The card must be humorous. Holiday cards are always tongue in cheek affairs, just look at the Holiday Cards put out by WotC for inspiration.
- The card does not have to be, but is encouraged to be, either Artifact, Colorless (non-artifact), Multicolor, Land, or a Hybrid. WotC has already done WUBRG, and I think it would be interesting to see something that hasn't been touched on.
- This card can break the rules, it is, if you've followed the first guideline, an Un themed card. Have some fun, make people laugh.
- Design your card with Magic New Extra in mind. This means anything you can do in that template, you can do for this contest (extra colors included, but please don't overdo it.)
- And finally, you must use one of the following pieces of art as inspiration for your card, and please note in your post which you've chosen (saying "Art A" or "Art B" is perfectly fine.) Entries without this specification will not be added to the poll.

Good luck everyone! The entry deadline is Sat. 25th 11:59PM CST. Due to the deadline falling on a holiday, the subsequent poll will be open for 2 days (48 hours) instead of 1 day to allow people more opportunities to vote during the muck of running about on the holidays.

Sun, 2010-12-19 06:44

jrzman

Stocking Stuffer
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 3 life. Target opponent gains control of Stocking Stuffer.Aw, for me? You shouldn't have.

This would use the second art.

jrzman set hub
“The path to knowledge is locked. To get in you either have the right key, or be lucky enough to be able to pick the lock.”

Sun, 2010-12-19 11:36

windandfire

Gift of Giving -
Artifact: Target permanent gains ": Target permanent gains ": Target permanent gains ": Target permanent gains ": Tap target permanent" until end of turn" until end of turn" until end of turn" until end of turn"
At the end of each turn, that player gives all tapped nonland permanents he or she controls to target opponent.

Christmas Stocking -
Artifact
As Christmas Stocking enters target opponent gains control of Christmas Stocking.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Christmas Stocking. If you do reveal the top card of your library. If the revealed card is a creature card, exile it and you lose life equal to its power. Otherwise put it in your hand.It is better to give than receive.

Flying Reindeer -
Snow Creature - Beast
Super Snow (As an additional cost to cast this card, put it in the freezer for 5 minutes, without waiting or stalling. When the 5 minutes is up, you may cast it without paying its mana cost and as though it had flash.)
Flying
~ get +2/+2 as long as it snows.
4/4

Tiny Reindeer
Artifact Creature - Mutant Reindeer
Flying, megaflash (You can play this card whenever you could use a mana ability.)
~ is indestructible.
When ~ comes into play, if it is a non-token creature, put seven tokens into play that are exact copies of ~.
~ has banding as long as you control a permanent named Miniature Sleigh.
2/1When what to my wandering eyes should appear,
OH MY GOD THEY HAVE LASER EYES WE'RE ALL DOOMED!

AF edit: Art #3 (assumed - please contact me if wrong, and please be more careful to list your art of choice for future contests like this one.)

Online dictionaries abound. It's time to start using them.

Sun, 2010-12-19 20:18

copapoc

ralph the reindeer
Legendary creature - reindeer
as long as it is either 24, 25 or 26 december, ~ has flying.
3/3

ART 3

Wed, 2010-12-22 00:00

New Kind of Christ

Super Santa
Legendary Creature-Human Avatar
As long as it is christmas day (December 25) you can't lose the game and your opponent can't win the game.
3/3"The grinchosaurus-rex are a natural enemy of santa claus, but they cannot defeat his extreme power. Christmas will always prevail."

art #1

EDITED FLAVOR TEXT.

Sun, 2010-12-19 22:20

Anuttymous

Administrator

Christmas Shocking
Sorcery
Target player discards his or her hand. Search your library for a creature card and put it into that player's hand."Just... Act fluffy."

Art B. Second art. One with the dragon. In the stocking. You know the one.

A Very Dragon Holiday
Sorcery
Hit someone with your sock. One of the ones you're wearing, preferably. Then, that player gains control of all dragons on the battlefield.Bet you weren't expecting that one. ... Or that other part.

AF edit: Art #2 (assumed - please contact me if wrong, and please be more careful to list your art of choice for future contests like this one.)

"Too wary to charge, too prudent to serve. Not anymore."
—Sedris, the Traitor King

Sun, 2010-12-19 23:12

The Demo

GIVE ME!
Sorcery
Take control of target artifact. If it is a noncreature artifact then riffle through target player's pocket's and take something. If you can't take anything then take control of target permanent that player controls.

Come on it's Christmas time. We both know that means that you give me something and get nothing in return.

@windandfire, Sensei Le Roof, Sewn-Eye, The Demo: You guys are making me institute a new contest rule... email or PM me at pifro what art you've based your cards on. From this point on (and for you four as well if you don't contact me - and not in this thread please...): Entries without this specification will not be added to the poll.

EDIT: Ok, I'm narrowing that to windandfire and The Demo... I think the other two are obvious, but you guys created more ambiguous card entries, so please contact me or I will have to disqualify you. Sorry, but the contest is to design for a piece of art. In the future, everybody should be more careful to list their chosen piece of art in their entry.

Mon, 2010-12-20 09:07

Ashling72

Holiday Shopping Galore UURR (R)

Instant

You may only play Holiday Shopping Galore during your opponents upkeep.

Flip a coin. If you win the filp, draw 2 cards. Otherwise, target noncreature permanent an opponent controls becomes a 3/3 Orc Berserker in addition to its type and has "This creature attacks each turn if able." until end of turn. You may repeat this process any number of times.

Why so seriuos.......?

The 5th art piece!!!

Mon, 2010-12-20 15:43

Hallucigent

Using 5th photo by Kevin Chin

Card Name: Gift Exchange
Mana Cost:
Type: Sorcery
Rare

Effect:
You may choose any number of creatures you control.
Your opponent chooses X number of creatures he or she controls, were X is the number of creatures you've chosen.
Players must say " Merry Christmas" then exchange chosen cards and put them on the battlefield under there control.
If not player must exile all creatures opponent has chosen for them.

Flavor text:
"Oh, The gift that keeps betraying."

HaLLuCiGeNT

Mon, 2010-12-20 19:05

Sensei Le Roof

I put the art number for mine in the title anyway.

Online dictionaries abound. It's time to start using them.

Mon, 2010-12-20 21:54

Guitarweeps

Head Administrator

Dirty Santa
Sorcery R
All players exile the top three cards of their library face down. Each player chooses an exiled card at random and turns it face up or chooses a face up card that has not been chosen. If a player's face up card is chosen, that player chooses a new exiled card at random. When all the cards have been chosen, each player may play their chosen cards without paying their mana cost.

(Picture 3)
Reindeer Games
Instant
All creatures with flying lose flying until end of turn. All creatures without flying gain flying until end of turn.

It's a matter of physics.
-Tony Cox, Bad Santa

Sorin isn't violent when he feeds. In fact, he sucks blood through a crazy straw.

Tue, 2010-12-21 16:14

palewalker

(Art 4)
Polar Mess
Enchantment
Before any player want to search his/her library, that player may says "You better watch out!" and other players may draw a card or gain 2 lifes. If the search player don't says it, other players may draw 3 cards or gain 4 lifes."Do you hear something like... train?" ~Santa Claus to the polar bear.

Tue, 2010-12-21 11:41

ALEX Ryugami

Fleeting Moment
Instant (C)
Target creature gains flying,... then it falls to its controller. (The creature is destroyed when the player is dealt 3 damage by the creature.)

Art: Ralph the Flying Reindeer by Lisa Payne (blindedangel (DA))

ORAORAORA!!!!!

Tue, 2010-12-21 16:52

elmdor

Dragonstocking
Artifact (R)
As Dragonstocking enters the battlefield, choose a Dragon card you can see from your seat and put it into a Christmas stocking.
When it's the 25th of December, sacrifice Dragonstocking. If you do, search target Christmas stocking for a Dragon card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Ruling:
- its second ability triggers if you set every clock in the room to the 25th of December and you are wearing winter clothing, but only if you hold a Cheatyface in your hand while searching the stocking. [ElmdorMesdoram 2010/12/21]

Stuffed Stocking -
Artifact
T: Roll a six sided die: If it lands on a 1, gain 5 life. If it lands on a 2, draw 2 cards. If it lands on a 3, target player discards 2 cards. If it lands on a 4, put a red 5/5 Dragon creature token with flying on the battlefield. If it lands on a 5, creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn. If it lands on a six you get a coal token. (A player with 3 or more coal tokens loses the game.)

Yeah sorry I didn't see the card art thing. I choose the one with the polar bear I guess. There is just something about the awkwardness between the Santa and the Bear, like two neighbors who both 'borrowed' something and 'forgot' to give it back.

Stocking Vengeance
[Magical Arrival by Anne Stokes]
Snow Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
At the beginning of your end step, Stocking Vengeance deals damage to you equal to the number of cards in your hand.: Target player gains control of Stocking Vengeance and draws a card."Aww! Hans, look! It's adorable!"
—Saffi Eriksdotter, last words
4/3

19 entries so far and 4 days remain to submit entries! How many can we reach this time? Last time it was 33, let's see if we can beat that!

Tue, 2010-12-21 23:56

New Kind of Christ

Un-cards are hard to judge. Lets not.

Tue, 2010-12-21 23:58

Vergalon

I would've made an entry already, but it's finals week...
Also comedic themes stump me most of the time :3
Nyoro~n

"There is a point in life where one must confront themselves and justify their existence."
-Traevus

Wed, 2010-12-22 03:08

Art_Freak

Oh, and in case anybody was wondering if the contest is seeing many views or if the cards on the front page were actually being viewed... according to my Photobucket account, each of the cards on the Welcome page were viewed on average 640 times each. So yeah. There you go. That's just for one day, for one "small" forum.

Wed, 2010-12-22 17:31

zotoshibobo

Spoiler:

For future reference... don't post a render alone. I have to rerender it anyways since it doesn't feature artist, copyright, the correct rarity symbol, watermark, or the "CotW" stamp... Just text is preferable for everyone. The only thing you've done is forced me to type out your entry. Thanks. In the future, your entry won't even be included in the poll. - AF

Darcy the dragon(2nd Art Option)
Seasonal Creature - Christmas Dragon to stop one fire based attack.For through the forest, dear Darcy had friends
That he loved very much
He thought it'd be fine, at Christmas time
To give each a present or such
2/4

I apologize, I don't understand how I missed that last sentence and didn't include the picture as part of the setup. Must have had an idea and started working it before reading completely, the rules.
I hope this is formatted appropriately.
For those that may not be familiar, Darcy the dragon is a song by Roger Whittakar, googlize that she-ot for more details.

Got RAGE?

Sun, 2010-12-26 03:16

Vergalon

Gift Exchange
[The last picture option.]
Instant [Promo]
Each player reveals the top card of their library. The player to their right may cast the revealed card without paying its mana cost, or put it onto the battlefield if it's a land card.

AH-HA! Maybe this works...
Bah, if anything it'll be a slight issue with "the player to their right"

@JamesDF: No, you're still not following the rules. First of all, read the forum rules; secondly, read the first post of this thread, both in their entirety. Then post an appropriate submission.

"There is a point in life where one must confront themselves and justify their existence."
-Traevus

Thu, 2010-12-23 09:08

monkeychewtoy

As an aside, I drummed up a little something to use for my "I made this for a forum game" set. If anyone's interested, I can put the .mse-symbol file up on Pifro.

Pichoro's handy rarity symbol style was instrumental in making this.

Spoiler:

Maybe it could even be used for the site? It's been bothering me, now, how the color for the mythic symbol I made is off when compared to the MSE-rendered symbols. Compare and !

I dunno. I've just been tootin' around. I was thinking maybe it could be used for the winning renders, but really I've been wanting to make an M10-style symbol for a while.

You get one entry, and the first entry is it. Sorry, but it's not fair to allow multiple cards for the same user in a contest, nor is it fair to allow someone to submit a completely new card or drastically altered card later in the competition. -AF

This is using art piece number 5
Secret Santa
Sorcery
Each player puts their name into a hat, then chooses an opponent's name at random. Each player searches the chosen opponent's library and puts a permanent card from that library into play under their control. Shuffle all libraries. Awww, for me, you shouldn't have.

Stocking Stuffer 2nd Art Option
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 3 life. Target opponent gains control of Stocking Stuffer.Aw, for me? You shouldn't have.

windandfire:

Spoiler:

Gift of Giving 5th Art Option
Artifact : Target permanent gains ": Target permanent gains ": Target permanent gains ": Target permanent gains ": Tap target permanent" until end of turn" until end of turn" until end of turn" until end of turn"
At the end of each turn, that player gives all tapped nonland permanents he or she controls to target opponent.

Picks-at-Flies:

Spoiler:

Christmas Stocking 2nd Art Option
Artifact
As Christmas Stocking enters target opponent gains control of Christmas Stocking.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Christmas Stocking. If you do reveal the top card of your library. If the revealed card is a creature card, exile it and you lose life equal to its power. Otherwise put it in your hand.It is better to give than receive.

Sensei Le Roof:

Spoiler:

Tiny Reindeer 3rd Art Option
Artifact Creature - Mutant Reindeer
Flying, megaflash (You can play this card whenever you could use a mana ability.)
~ is indestructible.
When ~ comes into play, if it is a non-token creature, put seven tokens into play that are exact copies of ~.
~ has banding as long as you control a permanent named Miniature Sleigh.
2/1When what to my wandering eyes should appear, OH MY GOD THEY HAVE LASER EYES WE'RE ALL DOOMED!

copapoc:

Spoiler:

Ralph the Reindeer 3rd Art Option
Legendary Creature - Reindeer
As long as it is either December 24, 25 or 26, ~ has flying.
3/3

Nikeyeia:

Spoiler:

Flying Reindeer 3rd Art Option
Snow Creature - Beast
Super Snow (As an additional cost to cast this card, put it in the freezer for 5 minutes, without waiting or stalling. When the 5 minutes is up, you may cast it without paying its mana cost and as though it had flash.)
Flying
~ get +2/+2 as long as it snows.
4/4

Anuttymous:

Spoiler:

Christmas Shocking 2nd Art Option
Sorcery
Target player discards his or her hand. Search your library for a creature card and put it into that player's hand."Just... Act fluffy."

Sewn-Eye:

Spoiler:

A Very Dragon Holiday 2nd Art Option
Sorcery
Hit someone with your sock. One of the ones you're wearing, preferably. Then, that player gains control of all dragons on the battlefield.Bet you weren't expecting that one. ... Or that other part.

The Demo:

Spoiler:

GIVE ME! 4th Art Option
Sorcery
Take control of target artifact. If it is a noncreature artifact then riffle through target player's pocket's and take something. If you can't take anything then take control of target permanent that player controls.Come on it's Christmas time. We both know that means that you give me something and get nothing in return.

Ashling72:

Spoiler:

Holiday Shopping Galore 5th Art Option
Instant
You may only play Holiday Shopping Galore during your opponents upkeep.
Flip a coin. If you win the filp, draw 2 cards. Otherwise, target noncreature permanent an opponent controls becomes a 3/3 Orc Berserker in addition to its type and has "This creature attacks each turn if able." until end of turn. You may repeat this process any number of times.Why so serious.......?

Hallucigent:

Spoiler:

Gift Exchange 5th Art Option
Sorcery
You may choose any number of creatures you control.
Your opponent chooses X number of creatures he or she controls, were X is the number of creatures you've chosen.
Players must say " Merry Christmas" then exchange chosen cards and put them on the battlefield under there control.
If not player must exile all creatures opponent has chosen for them. "Oh, The gift that keeps betraying."

Guitarweeps:

Spoiler:

Dirty Santa 1st Art Option
Sorcery
All players exile the top three cards of their library face down. Each player chooses an exiled card at random and turns it face up or chooses a face up card that has not been chosen. If a player's face up card is chosen, that player chooses a new exiled card at random. When all the cards have been chosen, each player may play their chosen cards without paying their mana cost.

wickedfaemage:

Spoiler:

Reindeer Games 3rd Art Option
Instant
All creatures with flying lose flying until end of turn. All creatures without flying gain flying until end of turn.It's a matter of physics. -Tony Cox, Bad Santa

ALEX Ryugami:

Spoiler:

Fleeting Moment 3rd Art Option
Instant
Target creature gains flying,... then it falls to its controller. (The creature is destroyed when the player is dealt 3 damage by the creature.)

palewalker:

Spoiler:

Polar Mess 4th Art Option
Enchantment
Before any player want to search his/her library, that player may says "You better watch out!" and other players may draw a card or gain 2 lifes. If the search player don't says it, other players may draw 3 cards or gain 4 lifes."Do you hear something like... train?" ~Santa Claus to the polar bear.

ElmdorMesdoram:

Spoiler:

Dragonstocking 2nd Art Option
Artifact
As Dragonstocking enters the battlefield, choose a Dragon card you can see from your seat and put it into a Christmas stocking.
When it's the 25th of December, sacrifice Dragonstocking. If you do, search target Christmas stocking for a Dragon card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

A Tactical Waffle:

Spoiler:

Stuffed Stocking 2nd Art Option
Artifact
T: Roll a six sided die: If it lands on a 1, gain 5 life. If it lands on a 2, draw 2 cards. If it lands on a 3, target player discards 2 cards. If it lands on a 4, put a red 5/5 Dragon creature token with flying on the battlefield. If it lands on a 5, creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn. If it lands on a six you get a coal token. (A player with 3 or more coal tokens loses the game.)

monkeychewtoy:

Spoiler:

Stocking Vengeance 2nd Art Option
Snow Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
At the beginning of your end step, Stocking Vengeance deals damage to you equal to the number of cards in your hand.: Target player gains control of Stocking Vengeance and draws a card."Aww! Hans, look! It's adorable!" —Saffi Eriksdotter, last words
4/3

New Kind of Christ:

Spoiler:

Super Santa 1st Art Option
Legendary Creature-Human Avatar
As long as it is christmas day (December 25) you can't lose the game and your opponent can't win the game.
3/3"The grinchosaurus-rex are a natural enemy of santa claus, but they cannot defeat his extreme power. Christmas will always prevail."

zotoshibobo:

Spoiler:

Multiple Universes Hypothesis 1st Art Option
Sorcery
Counter target creature spell.: Cancel the effect of this spell. This effect may be paid for by any player.: Cancel the above effect. This effect may be paid for by any player.Raptor Jesus vs. Cromagnon Santa Claus: Locked in never ending combat across multiple universes.

Utheraptor:

Spoiler:

Santa on Vacation 1st Art Option
Legendary Christmas Enchantment
Rules text: Player´s can´t get presents., : Sacrifice Santa on Vacation: You get six presents. (A player with ten or more presents wins the game.)Everyone must take a rest sometimes...

Vergalon:

Spoiler:

Gift Exchange 5th Art Option
Instant
Each player reveals the top card of their library, then chooses an opponent. That player may cast the revealed card without paying its mana cost, or put it onto the battlefield if it's a land card.

I Taste Better Than My Present 5th Art Option
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast ~, eat target present. If you do, destroy target creature or player (That player loses the game).Would you like fries with that?

kikushadowblades:

Spoiler:

Secret Santa 5th Art Option
Sorcery
Each player puts their name into a hat, then chooses an opponent's name at random. Each player searches the chosen opponent's library and puts a permanent card from that library into play under their control. Shuffle all libraries.Awww, for me, you shouldn't have.

Since I'm a nice guy, and it is Christmas, I'm going to give everyone one chance to change the rarity of their card. Any entry not featuring a rarity was given the rarity by default. Also, I'm going to ask pantherpage to read the rule he ignored about the card art inclusion. I don't like repeating myself, and in the future I won't. If you don't contact or email me with the info as to what art you used your entry will be disqualified.

This brings me to my next point, pay attention to how your individual entries look in the spoilers above. With the exception of the art links, this is how I would like submissions to look in the future. It would save me a lot of time as we have a lot of entries if I could just open up your post, take the bbcode you typed, and copy it over. What you see above took me about an hour to arrange... I just ask that everybody keeps this in mind, or I may have to institute a rule that improperly formatted entries will automatically be disqualified (this means you must include rarity, creature type, etc. and in the case of art contests, the art chosen.) I'd also like to remind everybody that when you post a card, that entry is your final entry, so think it out, take your time, and don't try to submit something else or tell me "I'll get back to it" later. Finally, please do not submit entries without a text version. I don't care how nice you think you're render looks, I still have to rerender it, and I still have to type it out for the poll. Thanks for reading this, and I'm really trying not to be nasty here, just asking for some help.

EDIT: And for everybody going nuts over the new emotes (and not actually contributing to the discussion of their use or replacing the old ones, etc.... just "trying them out"), spam is spam and that doesn't belong here. DO IT ELSEWHERE.

Fri, 2010-12-24 01:20

Lord of 13

*quiet cough* @modly gods, or godly mods: Art_Freak's last post somehow caused my entry to vanish. Obviously Art_Freak saw it and included it in his spoiler, but it's no longer on this page. (as a quick find for "Lord of 13" tells you).

Blood is thicker than water, but politics are even thicker than blood.
- Dune: House Corrino

Fri, 2010-12-24 01:22

Art_Freak

Ooops, I deleted it... you had one before kiku, then one after, so I deleted that one because I thought it was a duplicate and you were just dinking around with the new rarity symbols. Go ahead and repost it if you want. Sorry about that.